Yeganeh Alimohammadi had a paper accepted by Operations Research titled, “Epidemic Forecasting on Networks: Bridging Local Samples with Global Outcomes.”

Paromita Dubey had a paper accepted by The Annals of Statistics titled, “Testing Mutual Independence in Metric Spaces Using Distance Profiles.”

Zijun Gao had a paper accepted by the Conference on Causal Learning and Reasoning (CLeaR) titled, “Estimation and Inference for Causal Explainability. Conference on Causal Learning and Reasoning.”

Chamsi Hssaine received the 2025 Meritorious Service Award for Operations Research.

Jessica Shi, PhD student, is a finalist for the 2026 POMS CBOM Junior Scholar Paper Competition for co-authoring a paper with Somya Singhvi, titled “When LLMs Hurt More than Help: Understanding Decision Failures Under AI Assistance.”

Nofar Duani is a finalist for the 2025 AMA/Marketing Science Institute/H. Paul Root Award for her paper titled, “New Tools, New Rules: A Practical Guide to Effective and Responsible Generative AI Use for Surveys and Experiments in Research.”

Stephanie Tully and Evan Weingarten received Outstanding Reviewer Awards from the Journal of Consumer Psychology.

Christine El Haddad was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Service Award by the USC Academic Senate.

Cheryl Wakslak, Nan Jia, and PhD student Elena Lee had a paper published in Scientific Reports titled, “Relying on AI at Work Reduces Self-Efficacy, Ownership, and Meaning while Active Collaboration Mitigates the Effects.”